Olga Nikolayevna of Russia
| Olga Nikolaevna of Russia | |
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| Queen consort of Württemberg | |
| Tenure | 25 June 1864 – 6 October 1891 |
| Born | 11 September 1822 St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Died |
30 October 1892 (aged 70) Friedrichshafen, Württemberg |
| Burial | 4 November 1892 Schlosskirche, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Spouse | Charles I |
| House | House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| Father | Nicholas I of Russia |
| Mother | Charlotte of Prussia |
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (11 September 1822 – 30 October 1892), later Queen Olga of Württemberg, was a member of the Russian imperial family who became Queen consort of Württemberg.
She was the second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. She was thus a sister of Alexander II of Russia. She married Charles I of Württemberg, with whom she had no children.
Grand Duchess Olga of Russia was born on 11 September 1822 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her father was Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, the son of Emperor Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria of Russia (née Princess Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg). Her mother was Empress Alexandra of Russia (née Princess Charlotte of Prussia), the daughter of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Queen Louise of Prussia (née Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz).
Olga grew up as part of a close family of eight sisters and brothers. She had two elder siblings: Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia; and five younger siblings: Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia, Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia (died in infancy), Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia and Grand Duke Michael of Russia.
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